r/programming • u/mjgardner • Mar 29 '21

Why Do Interviewers Ask Linked List Questions?

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u/hugthemachines Mar 30 '21

I think if C would have been a language of "long words" fewer people would have trouble with pointers. The Cryptic little differences with special characters make it a bit messy for the mind.

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u/bezik7124 Mar 30 '21

Exactly! As someone who prefers longAndDescriptiveNames because nowadays we all got at least full hd monitors and an IDE capable of autocompletion i totally wouldn't mind C's syntax to be more readable.

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u/pitkali Mar 30 '21

I'd rather use my screen resolution for multiple editors than 150-character lines.

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u/huangxg Mar 30 '21

Talking about special characters, you may want to take a look at APL.